Moonpay Gives Claude and ChatGPT Users a Vault That Turns Prompts Into Payments

Moonpay launched a payment vault built for artificial intelligence agents on Wednesday, giving Claude and ChatGPT users a way to trade tokens, book travel and move money without handing an AI custody of their funds. The Moonpay new product, called PayBox, connects to Claude or ChatGPT through a custom connector. A user types a request … Read more

Coinbase Rolls Out AI Agents Payment for Businesses in USDC, Calls it a ‘High-Conviction Bet’

Coinbase is allowing businesses to accept USDC payments directly from AI agents through Coinbase Business. The exchange is also expanding its agent trading tools and developer software as it bets that autonomous programs will become major participants in online commerce. Coinbase Lets AI Agents Pay Businesses in USDC as Machine Commerce Expands Coinbase is rolling … Read more

World Adds Agentkit Access as AI Agents Handle Purchases Across 4 Countries

World has expanded access to Agentkit, a development framework that allows individuals to connect AI agents to a verified World ID. Tackling the Bot Problem Sam Altman-backed World announced June 24 it is expanding access to Agentkit, a development framework that allows individuals to link artificial intelligence (AI) agents to a verified World ID. The … Read more

Alchemy and Visa Give AI Agents Payment Power With New Agentcard Platform

Alchemy has launched Agentcard with Visa Intelligent Commerce, giving AI agents a way to make purchases using trusted payment and identity tools. The product adds spend controls, dedicated credentials, and support for both card-based and emerging agent payment rails. AI Agents Move Beyond Chat Into Real-World Spending Alchemy is moving into agentic commerce with the … Read more

2 Incorporated AI Agents Sign First Legal Deal That Executes Itself on Ethereum

Two artificial intelligence (AI) agents incorporated as legal entities negotiated, signed, and executed a binding contract that a court can read and a blockchain can run. [/key_takeaways] Key Takeaways: Clawbank and Shodai executed the first AI-to-AI Ricardian contract, binding legal prose to Ethereum code. Shodai’s smart contract paid out automatically when 1 milestone condition was … Read more

US Shuts Down Two Anthropic Models and Traders Move $2.87B Into Decentralized AI

With the U.S. government compelling Anthropic to pull its two most advanced intelligence models—Fable 5 and Mythos 5—from customers around the globe, crypto assets linked to decentralized artificial intelligence (AI) have enjoyed a banner week. Fresh data indicates that approximately $2.87 billion has poured into AI-focused crypto tokens over the past seven days, suggesting that … Read more

Everyone Is Getting Hilariously Rich and You’re Not — Week In Review

This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the week with a comment on each story. After dipping just below the $59,000 level, Bitcoin … Read more

40x Claude Max Value Shows Why Heavy Crypto Coders Are Getting a Rare Deal

Semianalysis says top artificial intelligence (AI) subscriptions may hand heavy users thousands of dollars in hidden compute value, and that gap could give crypto-native AI networks a clearer opening. The June 2026 report tested consumer tiers from Anthropic and OpenAI by running long-horizon coding and agentic tasks until weekly limits were exhausted. The finding was … Read more

Mastercard’s AI Payment Debut Brings Coinbase, Ripple and 30+ Partners Into Agent Commerce

Mastercard has launched Agent Pay for Machines, a new payment framework that allows AI agents to authorize, coordinate, and settle transactions across its global network. The launch includes more than 30 partners, including Coinbase, Ripple, Stripe, and Solana Foundation, as companies test commerce that operates continuously without traditional checkout processes. Mastercard Brings Agent Pay for … Read more

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